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The Judge

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About Me

Unabashed anti-war progressive; happily married father of twinsWhat's the secret of life? - "Give you an example, show you what I mean. Suppose your thinkin' about, a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly somebody'll say like, plate, or shrimp or plate o' shrimp, out of the blue no explanation? No point in lookin' for one either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness"

My Interests

PLUS: , mystery novels, progressive politics

I'd like to meet:

anyone interested in progressive politics, music & baseball (not necessarily in that order)

Music:


Most anything (ok, maybe not disco)-- opera (Turandot, Loehngrin) classic rock (U2, Springsteen) 60s (Beatles, Airplane) country (Emmylou Harris, Patsy Cline) folk (John McCutcheon, Ellis Paul), current (Green Day, Ben Harper)

Movies:

Plus; Early Woody Allen;Samurai Trilogy, Sanjuro, Seven Samurai.History of Violence, Good Night & Good Luck, LOTR, Syriana

Television:

Black Adder, Python, Red Dwarf, Rumpole of the Bailey, Jane Tennyson Mysteries, and, of course,

Books:

PLUS: Mysteries by Michael Connelly, Dick Francis, Ian Rankin & John Sanford

Heroes:

One problem with this world is we keep waiting for "heroes" to come save us. We need to get off our butts and do it ourselves.That being said, I admire people who make great sacrifices, or take great risks, in the interest of great causes: The first woman to serve in the Congress of the United States, Jeannette Rankin represented the state of Montana for two nonconsecutive terms (1917–1919 and 1940–1942).Rankin opposed the declaration of war against Germany during World War I (1914–1918) and was the only congressional member to vote against war with Japan after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941. Rankin also championed feminist causes, performed social work, and at the age of 87, led a 5000-woman march on Capitol Hill in 1968 to protest the Vietnam War.PLUS Eugene Debs, William O. Douglas, Morris Dees, Emma Goldman, Si Kahn, Martin Luther King Jr., Arthur Kinoy, Hazel Wolf

My Blog

John, Paul and . . . Andy???

This has to rank as one of the most bizarre moments in TV history.     John Lennon and Paul Simon at the 1975 Grammy Awards     And if the clip of two of my all-tim...
Posted by The Judge on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:40:00 PST

The true story of Castros resgination + other news

On Sunday, February 17th, that esteemed foreign policy journal Parade Magazine came out with its annual list of the world's worst dictators. Ranked as high as number 9 as recently as 2004, this year F...
Posted by The Judge on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:20:00 PST

Who gives a fuck?

We don't have TV at home so one of the good things about traveling is I get to watch TV in the hotel room.     We don't have TV at home so one of the bad things about traveling is I get t...
Posted by The Judge on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:36:00 PST

Honey, Im Home!

        Comin' Home, Baby - Mel Tormé         Marc Broussard "Home"                 &...
Posted by The Judge on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:07:00 PST

Your Friday songs of peace

Michael Franti and Spearhead : Time To Go Home     I Know I'm Not Alone ...
Posted by The Judge on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:55:00 PST

Just another wild thing

I arrived safe and sound at my destination. As usual however, I can't sleep in hotels. Which is a pain for you because that means I have time to post a short blog. For those of you who don't have ch...
Posted by The Judge on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:27:00 PST

So long, and thanks for all the fish

It is just such a good line, that I felt I had to use it for the title of the blog.   Anyway.     So here's the deal.     I am going to be traveling on business next w...
Posted by The Judge on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:24:00 PST

A cure for insomnia and other useful information

My grandmother had a sure fire recipe for curing insomnia.       First, have a nice glass of warm milk.             Then put on some soothing music. ...
Posted by The Judge on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:21:00 PST

Do you mind if I leave you a Watchtower?

No -- I have not gone Jehovah Witness on you. So pick yourself up off the floor.   The Watchtower I'm talking about is this one:   Bob Dylan ~ All along the watchtower   &n...
Posted by The Judge on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:16:00 PST

Another blog complaining about the lack of civility in political discourse

Every now and then I get an email like the following: "Hey big boy, you wanna see me naked?"     No wait  wrong blog.     Rewind.     Every now and then I get an ema...
Posted by The Judge on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:49:00 PST